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What comes next for Motorola when it has been sold off to someone else and the Google appointed leader of the company has left to work for someone else? Of course, they need to appoint a new COO, and that's what we have to announce this morning. Rick Osterloh has been appointed to be the President and COO of Motorola following the departure of Dennis Woodside to DropBox.

Until the Lenovo acquisition is finished, Osterloh will report directly to the Motorola Operating Board at Google. Here's what Google’s Jonathan Rosenberg wrote on the matter,

“Rick is a Silicon Valley veteran and a familiar face across Motorola, where he has been leading all product management and helping to define the ‘go forward’ strategy for the past two years. Rick first joined the company 7 years ago when Motorola acquired Good, and he started Motorola down the Android path while managing product and engineering teams. Between stints here, Rick joined Skype, where he oversaw design and product for more than 250 million monthly users until it was acquired by Microsoft. Since his return, Rick’s had a key role in the company’s reinvigoration. He’s been a guiding visionary on the entire product front and a passionate advocate for our philosophy to focus everything we do on the consumer experience.”

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It sounds like Motorola will be in good hands with Osterloh. His resume makes you wonder if he was one of the possible choices to begin with when Google originally purchased Motorola and replaced Sanjay Jha. With the new Moto 360 and Moto X+1 on the horizon, it will be interesting to see what else comes out of Moto this year, and especially next year.